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“Exhibit A”, the new residency work of Danielle Dixon

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Dates and Times for this Past Event

  • Saturday, Aug 27, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Friday, Aug 26, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Thursday, Aug 25, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Aug 24, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Saturday, Aug 20, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Friday, Aug 19, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Thursday, Aug 18, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Saturday, Aug 13, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Friday, Aug 12, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Thursday, Aug 11, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022  11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Location

Akron Soul Train
191 S Main St

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Details

Opening Reception is Saturday, July 23rd 11-7pm.  

Danielle Dixon began documenting stories when her uncle died in 2015, making her the last living relative in her immediate family.  She inherited the family home and the 40-year accumulation of “stuff”.  “Exhibit A” uses installation of curated objects to tell stories of her family’s quirks and the lessons they learned from the Depression Era in repurposing items.  

Danielle writes, "Imagine an ornately decorated cookie tin. It has pictures of the cookies that should be inside on the lid. A kid waits for their grandmother to turn her back and attempts to steal a cookie. As the kid wrestles the lid off the tin a collection of spare buttons, pin cushions, needles and thread spill out all over the floor. There are no cookies in the cookie tin. We could use the cookie tin to tell the story of the butter tub that didn’t have butter in it, but leftovers from some other day. From the kid’s perspective this is a story of deception and disappointment. But it’s really “Exhibit A” of how my grandparents survived the depression era. People of their era reused and repurposed things. They fixed things. They were resilient and resourceful. They didn’t throw things away if they could be used in some other capacity."

For this exhibit you will find objects or artifacts that could tell a story by themselves. There will also be poems and short stories displayed that tell the story of the significance of the objects.


“Exhibit A” will be on view at Akron Soul Train’s CapSoul Gallery space located at 191 S. Main Street in Akron.  The Akron Soul Train gallery is open Wednesday - Saturday, 11-4:00pm.  There is plenty of parking right out front, on side streets or in the parking garages.  Please email Christine Ries with any questions at christine@akronsoultrain.org.